CRS- ORGANISATION & JURISDICTION

1. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF CRS

The Commission is headed by a CCRS (Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety), at Lucknow,

who acts as the Principal Technical Advisor to the Central Government in all matters with
which the Commission is concerned. Working under the administrative control of CCRS are
nine CRS (Commissioners of Railway Safety),exercising jurisdiction over the Zonal Railways.
In addition, some of them have additional jurisdiction over railway establishments other
than Zonal Railways viz (i)Metro Railway, Kolkata, (ii) DMRC, Delhi, and (iii) Konkan Railway.
There are five Dy.CRS (Deputy Commissioners of Railway Safety) posted in the Headquarters
at Lucknow for assisting the CCRS. In addition, there are two field Deputy Commissioners,
one each in Mumbai and Kolkata, to assist the Commissioners of Railway Safety in matters
concerning the signalling and telecommunication discipline.
2. JURISDICTION
The route kilometrage of the Railway administrations under the jurisdiction under the
jurisdiction of each circle, as on 31st March, 2009 were as under:-

SN CIRCLE HEADQURTER ZONAL RAILWAYS ROUTE KM (appox)

1 Central Mumbai CR & WCR 7587
2 Eastern Kolkata ER & ECR 5958
3 Northern New Delhi NR 6935
4 North Eastern Lucknow NER & NCR 6506
5 North East Frontier Kolkata NFR & METRO 3774
6 Southern Bangalore SR & SWR 8336
7 South Central Secunderabad SCR 5749
8 South Eastern Kolkata SER,SECR & ECoR 7651
9 Western Mumbai WR & NWR 12076
TOTAL ROUTE 64572